Pierre Morel Fait Main Large Dublin, 1970s France

The form follows the Dublin family, characterised by a bowl whose walls taper conically from rim to heel. Here that geometry is rendered tall, and the owner notes the exterior displays birdseye and flame grain, with the rim finished in natural plateau — the rough outer crust of the briar burl left intact, a treatment strongly associated with freehand work of the Danish school and its continental interpreters. Construction employs an army mount, in which the stem seats into a reinforced shank end by friction rather than a conventional mortise-and-tenon fit, a system prized historically for field durability. The stem itself is ebonite, the traditional hard-rubber material of quality pipemaking, and the pipe carries no filter system. Recorded dimensions are approximately 6.5 inches in length, a 2.8-inch bowl height, and a weight of 2.2 ounces.

Dating rests on owner statement rather than a factory date code: artisan French makers of this kind did not employ systematic dating stamps. The nomenclature recorded — Pierre Morel Fait Main together with a Benzon-Italia mark — is the operative evidence, the latter described by the owner as a stamp used before 1980. Taken together, the record supports an honest bracket of the 1970s, pre-1980, held at owner-stated confidence pending independent corroboration of the stamping history.